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Previous City Council member Jason Roberson recently sat down with Jason Whitely of Dallas news channel WFAA that was posted yesterday and made some interesting comments during the spot. Keep in mind, Jason Roberson, Sarah Salgado, and Amanda Lewis ran as a team in 2021, as presented by Amanda Lewis in her announcement that she would not seek re-election. Ironically, Amanda Lewis’ decision to step down comes in the midst of a political sign theft scandal and her husband admitting that she received offers of bribes from developers that were not reported.
In the video Mr. Roberson talks about revamping the “ethics regulations” in Forney. However, what he’s actually considering requires a major overhaul of the Forney City Charter that was updated and approved by the citizens of Forney in 2020. Mr. Roberson also goes on to talk about developer influence on City Council members, their influence on traffic, and the fact that they come into town, make their money, and then move to the next town, leaving us with the traffic. What Mr. Roberson fails to mention is that the largest portion of development that utilizes our infrastructure on a daily basis is outside of the city limits of Forney and not controlled by the Forney City Council. While Mr. Roberson was a member of the Forney City Council he approved a Forensic Audit that cost the citizens of Forney over $100,000 which found no developer influence or City Council corruption. Yet, Mr. Roberson, along with Amanda Lewis and Sarah Salgado were members of the Vote Yes PAC, and promoted the bond that was funded with $49,350 by developers, including Megatel Homes, the developer of the Bellagio, Intex Electrical Contractors, Forney Partners LTD, WRA Architects, Seefried Industrial Properties, Victory Real Estate Group, and Trailhouse Park LLC.
Later in the discussion Mr. Roberson touts term limits, making it easier to recall council members, both of which were approved by Forney citizens in 2020, regulations on disclosing who “lobbyists” meet with, campaign finance reports “must go online”, which is already in place and accessible by all citizens of the state of Texas, as well as an annual comprehensive audit of city spending which is already conducted each fiscal year, and approved by City Council, including Mr. Roberson. At the end of the video, interestingly, Mr. Roberson compares Forney to a pretty girl who now has a chance to attract nice dance partners. I’m not sure whether to be impressed or offended. In the end, previous Council member Jason Roberson utilized a Dallas news station to tout policies that are already in place and targeted developer influence, even though his influence on City Council was funded by developers, and he ends with Forney now being a pretty girl who can attract nice dance partners. Well gee, what kind of girls make up the rest of Kaufman County?